The article highlights that more rural women are doing paid work—about 40 million more women have been working in agriculture since 2017-18—but on average, their income has not kept pace with rising prices. If rural women have re-entered farm work, it points towards a strain on managing family budgets. It would appear that their spouses' incomes have not increased enough with inflation, making it challenging to maintain their living standards.
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